Combined kitchen-cabinet and churn



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Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

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COMBINED KITCHEN CABINET AND GHURN. No. 7517,4451.

Patented Apr. 3, 1894.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSIAH K. HODGES AND THEODORE C. DICKSON, OF CHEYENNE, WYOMING.

COMBINED KITCHEN-CABINET AND CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 517,457, dated April 3, 1894. Application filed December 13, 1893. Serial No.493,548. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOSIAH K. HODGES and THEODORE O. DIoKsoN, citizens of the United States, residing at Cheyenne, in the county of Laramie and State of Wyoming, have invented a new and useful Combination Cabinet and Churn, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in cabinets for kitchen use; and the objects in view are to produce a useful piece of kitchen furniture adapted to serve the purposes of the usual dough-board upon which dough may be worked, &c., and which also contains a foldable churn-mechanism which is capable of being swung outward from the cabinet into operative position and adapted to effectually and with facility convert cream into butter, and which when not in use may be swung into the cabinet and the latter closed.

Other objects and advantages of theinvention will appear in the following description and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings:-Figure l is a perspective view of a cabinet constructed inaccordance with our invention, the same being closed. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the churn swung into operative position. Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through the churn and its operating mechanism. 7 7

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In thepractice of our invention we construct a rectangular cabinet 1, the same being of such dimensions and external ornamentation as deemed proper and desirable, and its front is closed by a door 2, whose lower edge is hinged at 3 to the door opening whereby said door is capable of being swung outward from the cabinet. The upper side 4 of the cabinet has two of its edges provided with vertical flanges or walls 5, the said upper side forming a convenient dough-board or a board upon which may be carried on other operations of the culinary kind.

To one side of the dough-board 4 we hinge at 6 a drop-leaf 7, the same having a central opening 8 preferably covered by a sheet-metal plate 9. Below the drop-leaf we secure to the side wall of the cabinet a swinging bracket 10 designed to accommodate or support a lamp-bowlll. This lamp is provided with a sheet-metal chimney 13, which may have one or more isinglass covered openings. The lamp is capable of being swung under the opening 8 of the drop-leaf and its products of combustion will radiate under the sheet-metal cover 9 thereof, wherebysaid drop-leaf is converted into a warming-shelf and may be utilized for warming edibles or for promoting the raising of dough. When not in use the bracket 10 may be swung to one side, the lamp extinguished and the drop-leaf swung downward out of position.

Hinged to the front face of the door 2, as at 14, are the upper ends of a pair of foldable inclined supporting legs 15, whereby when the door is swung out and down the legs abut at their ends against the under side of the door and form a stable support therefor, whereby the door is converted into a temporary platform. The upper side of the door is, provided with a pair of longitudinal cleats 16 which extend parallel and have bolted to their upper sides adjacent to their rear ends, as indicated at 17, bowed approximately U- shaped springs 18, whose upper terminals are bolted at 19 to the under side of a pair of vi- 8o bratory bars 20.. These bars extend forward above the door and are yieldingly supported by the springs thereover. Their outer ends are inclined or beveled upon their upper sides and correspondingly beveled and applied thereto and forming continuations of the bars are extensions 21, the same being hinged at 22, so as to be capable of folding rearward upon the bars 20. The outer ends of these extensions 21 are upon their upper 0 sides provided with a series of notches 23 and in rear of the notches the said extensions are connected by a cross-bar 24 upon the upper side of which there is located a hook 26.

27 designates an ordinary churnbody, 5 which is provided at opposite sides with vertically opposite pairs of keepers 28, and in each pair there is secured a vertical bail 29 whose lower extremity terminates in a hook 30 with which are connected treadle-rods31. The lower ends of these treadle-rods are loosely connected at 32 to the front end of an inclined treadle 33 whose outer end rests upon the floor. The churn-cover 34 it will be un- IOO derstood fits snugly on the upper end of the churn, and passing through a suitably packed opening in said cover is the dasher-staff or rod 35.

An arm 36 is removably mounted in a socket 37 formed in the wall of the cabinet above the longitudinal center of the door 2, and said arm extends outward to a point beyond the center of the churn. This arm is provided with a keeper 38 and with a setscrew 39, the said keeper receiving the upper end of the dasher and the set-screw serving to bind or rigidly connect the dasher with the arm. Of course by loosening the setscrew the dasher may be raised and lowered in the churn-body and the screw retightened to retain the parts in position. The under side of the arm is provided with a depending hook 40, and a coiled spring 41 has its ends detachably connected with the said hook 4:0 and with the hook 526 heretofore mentioned, so that said spring has a tendency to elevate the vibratory bars 20 and also the churn.

Upon a transverse rung 42 that passes through the front ends of the cleats or bars 16 we pivot a vertical standard 43 which extends between the bars 20 and at one side of the arm 36. This standard 43 is provided at one side with a spring-keeper 44, and the same embraces the arm 36 thus supporting rigidly the outer end of the latter.

This completes the construction and the operation thoughobvious maybe briefly stated as follows:-'Ihe door having been swung down and the legs to their supporting positions the churn-body is arranged between the extension bars 21, the ends of the latter passing through the bails 29 of the churn-body and the bails engaging with any desired pair of the notches. The cream having been placed in the churn-body the cover is mounted in position, the arm 36 inserted in the socket and through the keeper 4:4 and the set-screws 30 secured upon the dasher-stalf at a proper elevation of the latter. In order to operate the churn it is simply necessary to place the foot upon the treadle and intermittiugly press the same which will be against the tension of the springs 41 and 18 and as soon as the pressure is removed from the treadle the springs will return the churn-body so that a rapid vibration of the churn-body takes place and a quick jerking motion imparted, which as is well known facilitates the production of butter. When the churning operation has been finished it is obvious that the churn-body may be removed from the vibrating bars, the binding-screw being loosened and the treadle disconnected from the lowerhook ends 30 of the bails. The arm 36 may now be withdrawn from the socket and placed in the cabinet, the standard 23 disconnected by a removal of its ring 42 and also placed in the cabinet and the extensions 21 of the bars swung upon said bars 20 and the door elevated to close the opening and secured by the lock or latch 45.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be seen that we have provided a very useful piece of furniture for kitchen use, capable of serving as a convenient dough-board, a warmin g-shelf, or as a churn operating mechanism; and furthermore that the warming-shelf and said mechanism are capable of being flatly packed, the latter folded within the cabinet and the former at the side.

We do not limit our invention to the precise details of construction herein shown and described, but hold that we may vary the same to any degree and extent within the knowledge of the skilled mechanic.

Having described our invention, what we claim is- 1. In akitchen cabinet, the combination of a casing provided with a downwardly swinging door, the approximately U-shaped springs secured to the inner face of the door at the lower end thereof, the parallel vibrating bars secured to and supported by the springs and provided at their outer ends with folding extensions, a churn body detachably mounted on said extensions and provided with a dasher rod, a detachable fixed support connected with the dasher rod, and a treadle for vibrating the churn body, substantiallyas described.

2. The combination with a suitable support, of the approximately U-shaped springs, the parallel vibrating bars arranged horizontally and secured to and supported by said springs, a churn body connected with and carried by the vibrating bars, and having a dasher rod, a folding standard located between the vibrating bars, a removable arm supported by the standard and extending outward horizontally beyond the same and detachably connected with the dasher rod, and a detachable treadle for vibrating the churn body, substantially as described.

3. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination with the casing having a downwardly opening door provided at its outer end with supports, vibratory bars connected with the door and at their outer ends adapted to support a churn-body, a churn-body arranged removably on said outer ends, a dasher-staff arranged in the churn-body, and a fixed support connected with the casing and with the dasher-staff, and means for yieldingly supporting the bars, substantially as specified.

4. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination with the casing having the downwardly opening door supported at its outer end, the opposite vibratory bars arranged thereovcr and adapted to fold within the casing, the bowed springs interposed between the rear ends of the bars and the door, the churn on the outer ends of the bars, the dasher-staff, and a fixed iupport for the latter, substantially as speciiec 5. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination with the casin g having the downwardly opening door provided at its outer end with a support, the opposite pair of bars arranged over the door and having beveled ends, the intermediate bowed springs connecting the rear endsof the bars with the door, the beveled extension bars notched and hinged to said bars, of the churn-body provided with vertically opposite keepers, the opposite bails arranged in the keepers and terminating at their lower ends in hooks, the loose rods connected to the hooks, the treadle loosely connected to the rods, the dasher-stafi arranged in the churn, and means for rigidly supporting said dasher-staff, substantially as specified.

6. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination with the casing, the downwardly opening door arranged in front thereof, the vibratory bars yieldingly supported on the door and adapted at their front ends tosupport a churn, a churnbody supported by the free ends of the bars, atreadle below the body, connections between the treadle and the churn-body, the staff arranged in the body, and an arm removably seated in a socket formed in the casing and adj ustably connected with the staff, substantially as specified.

7. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination with a casing having a hinged door provided with legs, cleats upon the upper side of the door, the bowed springs arranged upon the cleats, the vibratory foldable bars secured to the springs and provided at their outer ends with notches, the intermediate connecting bar, the removable standard connected to the cleats and having a keeper at its upper end, of the removable arm 36 arranged in a socket in the casing and engaged by the keeper, a keeper on the arm provided with a bindingscrew, a churn-body having bails at its opposite sides arranged on the vibratory bars, and a staff arranged in the churn-body and passing through the keeper of the arms, substantially as specified.

8. In a kitchen-cabinet, the combination with the casing, the platform infront of the same, the curved springs arranged on the platform, the vibratory-bars secured to the springs, the intermediate connecting-bar, the churn at the outer ends of the vibratory-bars and the dasher extending through the churnbody, of the arm removably extending from a socket in the casing, hooks arranged on the cross-bar and the under side of the arm, a coiled spring removably engaging'the hooks, and adjusting devices between the outer ends. of the arm and the dasher-stafi substantially as specified. 55

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSIAH K. HODGES. THEODORE C. DIOKSON.

Witnesses:

VALENTINE BAKER, LUKE VooRHEEs. 

